A watercolor grinch Christmas

The Grinch, Mershimer edition

Here is an award winning painting by my nephew, Titus. His school is going to frame this and use it in subsequent Christmas decorations. Ok, ok -- I'm officially a proud uncle, lol.

However, perhaps the playing field wasn't equal, for the other children. I lovingly mentioned to my sister-in-law that maybe Titus had an unfair advantage, in seeing great modeling for the painting. For, as I astutely noted to her, this painting is a dead ringer for my sister-in-law on her Hulk pills, in her nightie! *grin x 2*

Needless to say, my life-expectancy just dramatically shortened, lol. If I suddenly disappear, or experience a polonium-210 kind of accident, you'll know what happened! :-)

Anyway, I hope your Christmas season is going well! Put away the grinch face and enjoy it, for awhile, lol...

Your sincerest and most wonderfulest Christmas blogger,

Loy

A late happy birthday to an on-time girl

Happy B-Day: You go, girl!

I just received this pic of my sister-in-law Deborah, as she poses following a half-marathon, which she ran on her birthday -- in 26 degree weather, no less. Congratulations, Deborah! I'm impressed.

Of course, as I told her, running a half marathon is nothing compaired to the marathon she runs every day as the mother of three young boys. And, then, I caught myself: "No," I said, "Better make that four boys counting my brother, because you keep him in line, too!" And then honesty took over and I said, "Well, truly...make that four and a half boys, counting ME -- because you straighten me out when you are around me!" :-)

Truly a marathon woman, lol.

It is quite appropriate that she is born in the month of the great Presidents Washington and Lincoln, for she has those leadership skills.

Congrats, Deborah. And belated Happy Birthday!

:-)